"No." That's what Kelli Jo Lovich said when she was asked to donate the organs of her 4-year-old son, Colbee, who died after suffering severe brain injuries last year in an ATV accident in Butler County. But Lovich recalled that Shannon Pribik, a procurement coordinator with the O'Hara-based Center for Organ Recovery and Education, persisted. Pribik answered questions, promised there would be minimal trauma to Colbee during organ recovery and agreed to stay by his side until the funeral director arrived for his body. Lovich relented. "He was only 4," she said of Colbee, "but he loved to help." ___ Procurement coordinators are on the front lines of the nation's overwhelmed transplant system....
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